Bridal hair jewelry – elevate the look for your special day!

There is hardly a bride who does not wear some kind of bridal hair jewelry on her wedding day, whether she has an updo or loose curls. This is exactly the day to wear a crown, a pin or a comb set with pearls or Swarovski stones – the more regal the better, reminding us that all these hair pieces were born as early as the Victorian era, and some say even before that. In archaeological excavations carried out in various places around the world, hair ornaments have been found showing that women in every age adorned their hair with different kinds of pieces made of animal bone or tortoiseshell.

For a bride, her hair on her wedding day carries almost the same weight as the dress itself. It is important that it is done exactly as she wants. There are brides who grow it out for several months and do not dare set foot in a salon, so that they can gather it into a high updo on their wedding day and tuck in a sparkling pin or a wreath with brilliant Swarovski stones – because she is not only a bride, she is a queen.

What were hair ornaments in the past?

Hair ornaments in the past were made from hair, including bridal hair jewelry. They existed even before the Victorian era. Queen Victoria, who lost her husband Albert at the age of 43, used to place pins made from his hair in her own, expressing her longing for him, and she did so for many years. From the day of his death and for sixty years she wore only black, and her jewelry was black too – which is in fact how black diamonds came to be known in high society.

It is worth saying that in ancient times, and in the Victorian era as well, abundant long or gathered women’s hair was a symbol of femininity, and all women used small crowns for baroque balls, appearing in society with various ornaments in their hair such as pins, combs, hair chains and more.

These pieces were created in collaboration with goldsmiths for the daughters of the nobility and the upper class, and were usually made of pure gold and set with precious stones or pearls. Only in the middle of the Victorian era did hair ornaments become available and accessible to women of the lower classes as well.

A bride with a wreath or a comb – just like in the old days!

If you have ever watched period films or series, or the weddings of noblewomen with their handsome knight, you will certainly have noticed that each of them wore bridal hair jewelry in one form or another – and you could say that not much has changed since, because these pieces are timeless. They are still designed today, and every bride chooses the piece that suits the kind of bride she is.

These pieces for the daughters of the nobility were created, as we said, by goldsmiths from pure gold and precious stones; but later, towards the end of the 19th century, workshops began to operate in which pieces were made from less expensive raw materials, and they served brides in every period. There were also craftspeople who made them at home, and the magazines popular at the time presented fashionable hair ornaments, including drawings of them.

In the nineteenth century many women began designing their own hair ornaments themselves. There were instruction booklets and kits that provided all the components and tools needed to make them – genuinely by hand, much like what a leading bridal jewelry designer does today. Every piece is one of a kind and no piece is like another, because every bride wants to look singular and unique.

What will the bride wear in her hair? Bridal hair jewelry!

There are several kinds of bridal hair jewelry offered to modern brides, and of course a match to the overall look is needed. Bridal hair jewelry can be a comb set with Swarovski stones or with pearls, and it can also be made of delicate silk flowers in chiffon or white.

There is a wreath or a bridal crown in different sizes and thicknesses, usually set with pearls or Swarovski stones too, with a base that may be brass in a gold tone or silver-plated. It can be heavily ornamented or minimalist, and in every case crowns and wreaths go beautifully with the look of a classic bride in a vintage dress, or a bride in New York chic style with hair gathered in a sixties look, or alternatively that gathered hair that characterised the daughters of the nobility in the Victorian era, who wore a crown on their heads as a hair ornament without being brides at all.

And the main thing is that it works with the whole look.